{
  "id": 11078635,
  "title": "Former NASCAR Driver Ordered to Pay $850K After Jury Verdict in Affair Lawsuit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/former-nascar-driver-ordered-to-pay-850k-after-jury-verdict-in-affair",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T01:23:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-nascar-driver-ordered-pay-012307351.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former NASCAR driver Jennifer Jo Cobb has been ordered to pay over $850,000 to a North Carolina woman, Tracey Hughes, who claimed that Cobb had an affair with her husband. A jury found Cobb guilty of alienation of affection and criminal conversation, resulting in a $850,002 judgment. Hughes initially sought $50,000 for malicious interference with her marriage and $800,000 for criminal conversation, plus additional punitive damages. Cobb, 53, has competed in NASCAR for over two decades, making her the center of a significant local civil case.",
  "summary": "Former NASCAR driver Jennifer Jo Cobb has been ordered to pay more than $850,000 after a jury found her liable on two claims in a North Carolina civil lawsuit.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}